Menzo wrote:Accor wrote:Devils Night is good because of Eminem lol.
It takes one thing to blow up as a result of another rapper's success, but it's another to actually be able to capture the essence of every song from any concept - that's the main thing people seem to ignore. Did they follow Eminem's image? Yes and no, D12 is very Slim Shady-esque but that's because D12 practically made Slim Shady. But D12 can deliver songs from goofy comedic tracks to sad introspective tracks to serious subject matter tracks to lyrical miracle tracks to disses to...anything.
So yes, D12 and their albums are good because Eminem's influence is evident but that doesn't take away from the fact that they're all able to individually slip into the right mindstate and not sound awkward as fuck on particular tracks - like Crooked I on "Asylum", he sounds excruciatingly painful and out of place or Joe Budden on a track like "Throw That".
That's why I love and respect D12 immensely. Using their most successful member as an excuse to deduce their music is lame, almost every group gets further recognition cuz one particular member tends to be the standout poster child.
I'm not talking about D12's style being similar to Eminem's, I'm saying that the album is as good as it is because Eminem was in his prime and his verses/hooks are all pretty great. The production is also pretty good. That's pretty much it.. It'd be much better if that fat faggot wasn't on it though. Seriously he's the worst rapper of all time. His skill level is similar to Soulja Boy's but his content is much, much worse.
